WVC 3-3-6
§3-3-6. Assistance to voter in voting an absent voter's ballot by
mail.
No voter shall receive any assistance in voting an absent
voter's ballot by mail unless he or she shall make a declaration at
the time he or she makes application for an absent voter's ballot
that because of blindness, disability, advanced age or inability to
read or write he or she requires assistance in voting an absent
voter's ballot.

Upon receipt of an absent voter's ballot by mail, the voter
who requires assistance in voting such ballot and who has indicated
he or she requires such assistance and the reasons therefor on the
application may select any eligible person to assist him or her in
voting.

The person providing assistance in voting an absent voter's
ballot by mail shall make an affidavit on a form as may be
prescribed by the secretary of state, that he will not in any
manner request, or seek to persuade, or induce the voter to vote
any particular ticket or for any particular candidate or for or
against any public question, and that he will not keep or make any
memorandum or entry of anything occurring within the voting booth
or compartment, and that he will not, directly or indirectly,
reveal to any person the name of any candidate voted for by the
voter, or which ticket he had voted, or how he had voted on any
public question, or anything occurring within the voting booth or
compartment or voting machine booth, except when required pursuant to law to give testimony as to such matter in a judicial
proceeding.

The term "assistance in voting" as used in this section shall
mean assistance in physically marking the official absent voter's
ballot for a voter, or reading or directing the voter's attention
to any part of the official absent voter's ballot.

Note: WV Code updated with legislation passed through the 2016 Regular Session
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